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Customer Highlights Large US Food Manufacturing Company

Large US Food Manufacturing Company

Tank Farm Repurposing for Oil Management & Fryer Integration

Industry Food

Product/Material Handled Edible cooking oils (clean, flavored, and waste oil)

System Deliverables

Legacy System Modernization

Consolidated multiple legacy PLCs into a single CompactLogix platform with Ethernet networking, and existing remote I/O infrastructure found new life in the process.

Automated Oil Handling Processes

Receiving, storing, transferring, reusing, and disposing of oil across tanks and fryers now occurs via automation instead of manual work.

Custom Fryer Integration

Developed a hardwired communication interface enabling reliable, on-demand oil transfer between the storage system and GEA fryer equipment without the guesswork.

Results in Action

Improved Inventory Visibility

Oil usage and on-site inventory are now accurately tracked, giving the team real control over one of the line’s higher-cost materials.

Reduced Oil Waste

Flavored oils can now be stored and reused rather than thrown away, cutting waste and further stretching existing resources.

Increased Operational Efficiency

Automated oil transfer and process controls reduced the need for manual intervention and kept fryer operations running consistently.

  • The repurposing of the tank farm could be considered a greenfield installation, providing various oils to a new fryer system. The new designs would allow the storage and transfer of (1) newly delivered oil, (2) flavored oil to be reused, and (3) waste oil to be discarded.

    — Magnum’s Controls & Process Automation Group Case Study Narrative

  • A significant improvement resulting from the installation of the new controls was the ability to reliably track the amount of oil being used in the manufacturing process. It was now possible to establish an inventory of the oil onsite. Knowing exactly how much oil was on hand and how much was used from week to week was clearly a major advantage for the company.

    — Magnum’s Controls & Process Automation Group Case Study Narrative

  • The new tank farm arrangement allows used oil to be stored and available for reuse when required rather than pumped to a waste tank.

    — Magnum’s Controls & Process Automation Group Case Study Narrative
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